March 13, 2016 at 23:31Sony showed prototypes from Future Labs
At the annual SXSW festival dedicated to music, film, and media, Sony showed off device prototypes being developed by Future Labs' R & D division. This is a Concept N device, similar to bluetooth headphones and a collar at the same time, and a couple of interesting technologies related to projectors.
Concept N are speakers that the user wears around his neck. Four microphones with noise reduction function are built-in to the device, so the interlocutor should always hear you through the headset. After saying the trigger phrase “Listen up Arc!”, The gadget starts listening to commands and focuses on the phone’s GPS to give information according to the user's location. Right now, the gadget can talk about the weather, local news, provide information about local restaurants and take photos.
Yes, the gadget has a camera. Her eye is visible on the left. It is hidden by default in the case and opens if necessary to take a photo.
The main focus that Sony taught Concept N is the reproduction of sound in a limited radius around the user's head. In this case, the user can hear everything that is happening around.
The next gadget is an interactive projector, which is installed above the table and looks like a bluetooth speaker. The projector responds to user actions and adjusts the depth using a camera aimed at the table. For the presentation of technology, Sony suggested reading the paper book “Alice in Wonderland” - the gadget revived the illustrations and pulled them from the pages onto the table. At will, it was possible to move pictures, select and pull text from a book onto a table.
Another projector has a soundbar. In the demonstration, the gadget projected a UFO onto the wall - as the picture flew, a sound followed it.
Concept N are speakers that the user wears around his neck. Four microphones with noise reduction function are built-in to the device, so the interlocutor should always hear you through the headset. After saying the trigger phrase “Listen up Arc!”, The gadget starts listening to commands and focuses on the phone’s GPS to give information according to the user's location. Right now, the gadget can talk about the weather, local news, provide information about local restaurants and take photos.
Yes, the gadget has a camera. Her eye is visible on the left. It is hidden by default in the case and opens if necessary to take a photo.
The main focus that Sony taught Concept N is the reproduction of sound in a limited radius around the user's head. In this case, the user can hear everything that is happening around.
The next gadget is an interactive projector, which is installed above the table and looks like a bluetooth speaker. The projector responds to user actions and adjusts the depth using a camera aimed at the table. For the presentation of technology, Sony suggested reading the paper book “Alice in Wonderland” - the gadget revived the illustrations and pulled them from the pages onto the table. At will, it was possible to move pictures, select and pull text from a book onto a table.
Another projector has a soundbar. In the demonstration, the gadget projected a UFO onto the wall - as the picture flew, a sound followed it.